The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
_Leptodeira polysticta_ Günther, Biologia
Centrali-Americana, Reptilia, p. 172, May, 1895.--Belice,
British Honduras.
_Leptodeira septentrionalis polysticta_, Duellman, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 114:72, February 24, 1958.
Although this species occurs from sea level to elevations of about 2000
meters from Nayarit southward into Central America, no specimens are
known from Michoacán. Smith and Taylor (1945:87) listed the species as
occurring in Michoacán, but they had no record on which to base this
report. Probably, the species occurs on the coastal lowlands and seaward
slopes of the Sierra de Coalcomán.
~Tropidodipsas fasciata guerreroensis~ Taylor
_Tropidodipsas guerreroensis_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci.
Bull., 26:470; November 27, 1940.--Buena Vista, Guerrero,
México.
_Tropidodipsas fasciata guerreroensis_, Alvarez del Toro and
Smith, Herpetologica, 12:16, March 6, 1956.
Dugès (1896:480) reported a snake, questionably of this species, from
Uruapan, Michoacán. Taylor (1940c) suggested that on geographic grounds
Dugès' record might refer to _T. f. guerreroensis_, which is known
definitely only from the type locality. _Tropidodipsas occidentala_ is
known from Comala, Colima, and Coalcomán, Michoacán. On zoogeopraphic
grounds that species might be found at Uruapan. Since the specimen
apparently no longer is extant, the identification cannot be
ascertained.
~Micrurus fitzingeri fitzingeri~ (Jan)
_Elaps fitzingeri_ Jan, Rev. Mag. Zool., p. 521,
1858.--México. Type locality restricted to Guanajuato,
Guanajuato, México, by Smith and Taylor (1950a:330).
_Micrurus fitzingeri fitzingeri_, Brown and Smith, Proc.
Biol. Soc. Washington, 55:63, June 25, 1942.
Smith and Taylor (1945:174) recorded the species from Zamora, Michoacán.
Hobart M. Smith (_in litt._) stated that this record was based on a
report of _Elaps fulvius_ from Zamora by Dugès (1896:482). Smith guessed
that the report was based on a specimen of _Micrurus fitzingeri_. The
specimen has not been seen. Although the species is known from
Guanajuato and México, until a specimen is available from Michoacán, the
species should not be considered part of the herpetofauna of Michoacán.
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